barrio

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish barrio, from Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “wild”). === Noun === barrio (plural barrios) A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself. A slum on the periphery of a major city, or a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city, in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic. (Philippines) A rural barangay or neighborhood. (informal, US) An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin. ==== Derived terms ==== == Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === barrioh === Etymology === From Spanish barrio. === Noun === barrio A district of an altepetl. === References === Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 211. == Latin == === Etymology === From barrus (“elephant”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbar.ri.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbar.ri.o] === Verb === barriō (present infinitive barrīre, perfect active barrīvī, supine barrītum); fourth conjugation, no passive (intransitive, Late Latin) to make the sound of an elephant ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== barrītus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: barrire Spanish: barritar === References === “barrio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “barrio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “exterior”), referring to the outer, surrounding or less civilized or urbanized parts of a city, from classical Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “wild”). Compare Portuguese bairro, Catalan barri. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbarjo/ [ˈba.rjo] Rhymes: -arjo Syllabification: ba‧rrio === Noun === barrio m (plural barrios) neighbourhood Synonym: vecindario un barrio de clase media ― a middle-class neighborhood (Mexico) any neighbourhood of the original or ancient part of a city (usually excluding new growth after the 1930s, 40s or 50s, depending on the state or city) (Venezuela, Dominican Republic) slum Synonym: barrio bajo ==== Usage notes ==== In Mexico it has postal value and is obligatory (or else the colonia or fraccionamiento is), alongside the postal code. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: baryo → Classical Nahuatl: barrio → English: barrio → Maranao: bariyo → Tagalog: baryo ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “barrio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 barrio on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es